Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 3.0Callicoon has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Callicoon grades C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Employers in Callicoon report 554 jobs for 1,007 working residents. About one in seven stay in Callicoon for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (12%, 96 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Callicoon
Callicoon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Callicoon is New York City, 96 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (121) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Callicoon has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Callicoon went from 348 in 2013 to 554 in 2023, +59%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Callicoon are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Callicoon’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Callicoon is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #468 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Callicoon’s grade up ($92,833, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Callicoon could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The distance from Callicoon to work
About 37% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The kinds of work in Callicoon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Callicoon, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 554. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Callicoon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Callicoon workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,143 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Callicoon on a workday afternoon
On a workday 865 residents head out to work, 142 work right here, and 412 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Callicoon on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Callicoon ends
Where Callicoon clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
For most of Callicoon, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Callicoon is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #407 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,374 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.7% of Callicoon households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Callicoon’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,610th of 4,771: where Callicoon ranks among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,608 | Thomaston ME | 2,751 | $56K | 6.6% | 3.3% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,609 | Negaunee Township MI | 3,292 | $98K | 6.7% | 6.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,610 | Callicoon NY | 3,059 | $93K | 9.6% | 4.2% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,611 | Jemison AL | 3,030 | $66K | 9.5% | 3.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,612 | South Hutchinson KS | 2,516 | $50K | 13.7% | 1.7% | 9% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Callicoon, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 24% of Callicoon’s workers
The biggest share goes to Delaware (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Callicoon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callicoon | – | C+ | B | 28 min | $92,833 |
| Fremont | under 2% | C | D− | 29 min | $67,115 |
| Liberty | 8% | C− | A− | 25 min | $68,047 |
| Delaware | 10% | C+ | A− | 27 min | $96,146 |
| Bethel | 2% | C | C | 32 min | $67,048 |
| Jeffersonville | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Rockland | 4% | C | B− | 24 min | $52,778 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jeffersonville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Callicoon’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Callicoon: questions
What is the median household income in Callicoon?
$92,833 (±$11,823) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Callicoon?
9.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Callicoon?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Callicoon work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (12%, 96 mi), Delaware (10%, 7 mi), Thompson (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Callicoon walkable?
Callicoon is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Callicoon without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Callicoon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Callicoon
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.